Another gutless wimp. She takes a $247,000 deal with 4 left in play, including the million. And made the wrong deal, her case had $400,000. Had she gone on, she could've left with $517,000 as she would've taken out the smallest amount left, $200. After that though, the million would've been gone. But still...

True, but it's like Howie said at one point-"If you take the Deal you forfeit your chance of having the million". When it's up there I feel you have to keep going just because you do have that opportunity at it, no matter how small it was. And even if the went on just one more time, the worst she could've done was $10,000. She played the game extremely well-with 8 cases left she had $200 and $300 and the smallest otherwise was the $10K.

I loved the ending last night when Howie did the "Next time on Deal Or No Deal!" send-off and the contestant was like "No no no no no no no no NOOOO!" And Howie was like "Yes!" One of the funniest moments yet. How did that guy not see it coming?

I loved the ending last night when Howie did the "Next time on Deal Or No Deal!" send-off and the contestant was like "No no no no no no no no NOOOO!" And Howie was like "Yes!" One of the funniest moments yet. How did that guy not see it coming?

omg that was hilarious!

He was talking to his wife and then he had a delayed reaction which made things funny.

Last night's second contestant didn't win the million, but I think he played the game better than almost anyone else so far. He knocked out the million in round 2 (I think) but when he got to 4 cases left, the smallest amount he still had on the board was $75,000, and the $750K was still in play. He then made perhaps his only mistake, passing on a $261,000 Deal...the next case he opened had the $750K. It went down further from there (took out the next-biggest amount left, $300K), but he kept his case all the way and did leave with $100,000 so nothing to be disappointed about. At that point I'd have kept going too. Funny moment was in one offer-the banker knew he was a cop and figured there was one way to get him to leave-offer about $130K and a beautiful model carrying a gold case...with a dozen donuts inside! He thought he got to take the woman home and was trying to explain it to his wife! I don't think he got the donuts in the end, but another good one there.Edit: No show this Thursday night, it'll air Friday at 8 instead. Also, the first contestants on Friday's show go for a $2 million top prize!

Not too much although ahead of the holidays, they're going to start upping the stakes again. And next Thursday (Thanksgiving) there will be a special 2-hour episode and one upcoming episode will have two sisters taking their shots at the million.

The gimmick for the sisters turned out to be they could play together, and all amounts on the board were doubled (from 2 cents up to 2 million). They ultimately took a $216,000 Deal which, to a degree, was the right decision: The biggest amount left was $1.5 million, but had they continued it would have been gone next. They didn't make the best deal though-their case had $400,000.

I know, but I didn't know that when I created this thread. And I didn't know what it's like over there, I have very close friends over there but they never watch it. Figures.The gimmick they did Monday night was this returning contestant totally loved lime green (admittedly, she was kinda cute yet strangely unattractive in some ways) and wanted nothing more than a lime green Cadillac Escalade. So when the big offer time came, they said "it was lime green with 4 wheels"-out comes a giant lime on 4 wheels. Only a joke, because then came the real offer-her lime green Escalade, totally pimped out (and I mean pimped out-custom paint job, sound system, LCD TVs everywhere inside, custom spinners, etc...everything except the Cuisinart), an offer valued at $83,755. Once they let her sit inside it, she couldn't get back to say Deal and take it fast enough, just as well because if she went on, $500K (the largest amount left) would have been gone next and her case only had $1.As much as I can't stand these contestants and gimmicks, I'm going to keep watching at least until somebody wins the $1 million, if it ever happens.

Well, the Thanksgiving special is off to a great start. First the models come out with pumpkin pies for the crowd instead of cases, then a turkey Howie has on a leash as co-host gets off the leash! As Howie then said, fortunately "he's not a man-eating turkey".

Edit: Another first, after the second contestant took a $33,000 Deal, Howie went up and put a pie in the banker's face. (She passed up a chance earlier with a smaller offer)